As usual, once again this year FAI (Fondo Ambiente Italiano) is celebrating the spring equinox (and the return of vital energies after the winter months) with two days of extraordinary openings of a rich artistic, architectural and natural heritage spread across the country: 750 special places in 400 Italian cities will be revealed to the public on the occasion of the 33rd edition of the FAI Spring Days on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 March 2025, inviting visitors to discover, in addition to the most famous and well-known destinations, unusual spaces that are normally inaccessible or little-known and under-valued, including palaces, villas, hamlets and parks, but also industrial archaeology testimonies and manufacturing sites. A more sparkling party atmosphere than usual for FAI which, after opening the doors of more than 16,000 monuments to 13 million Italians in past editions, this year proudly turns 50.
Domus has selected ten places not to be missed on this occasion, both for an urban cultural immersion and for an “out-of-town’ in nature” From the works of the masters of 20th-century Italian design and architecture (Terragni, Ponti, Cosenza, Mangiarotti, Scarpa, Quaroni) and contemporary authors (Libeskind), to natural landscapes unchanged over the centuries (the giants of Sila), to archaeological heritage rediscovered (Giardini di Kolymbethra, Agrigento) or “re-invented’ through unthinkable adaptive reuse way (Gliu Canciegl, Formia).
Opening image: Villa Vittoria, Florence. Photo Gianmarco Caroti © FAI